Research Misconduct Allegations Shadow New CDC Head

CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—March 22, 2018

By: Marisa Taylor

The Trump administration announced that HIV expert Dr. Robert Redfield will lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ignoring complaints that his work on a high-profile vaccine research more than 20 years ago was flawed.

The Army in 1994 acknowledged accuracy issues with HIV vaccine clinical trials led by Redfield, but concluded at the time that the data errors did not constitute misconduct.

In an…